Re: [xsl] Transforming XML to XML

Subject: Re: [xsl] Transforming XML to XML
From: Rick Taylor <taylor@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:46:46 -0600
You can simply remove the processing instruction for the stylesheet and allow the browser's (IE or newer Netscape) default stylesheet to handle it. Alternatively, check out the following template for converting xml to html string representations: http://www.xmlportfolio.com/xml-to-string/.

rick

At 02:39 PM 8/11/2004, you wrote:
I have a very simple question about transforming XML to XML. I have been using XSLT to transform XML to XHTML and displaying the result in Internet Explorer. I would like to do the same but with XML displayed in the browser. A search of the archives has not provided a satisfactory solution. Here is a simplified XML file, testdata.xml:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="renewal.xsl"?>
<Data>
        <car>Chevy</car>
        <car>Dodge</car>
        <car>Ford</car>
</Data>

Here is a copy of my XSL file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="Data"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


>From what I have read and from some of the examples I have seen, I would expect this to return an XML file exactly like the original document (testdata.xml). Instead it is displaying a string consisting of the text from the <car> elements, without the XML tags: ChevyDodgeFord. What am I overlooking?
**************************************************************************************************
The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential.
It is intended for the named recipient(s) only.
If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the
sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any one or make copies.


** This email was scanned for viruses, vandals and malicious content **
**************************************************************************************************

Rick Taylor
XML Developer
PPDM Association


Current Thread